Posted by Bob Adamcik | Sep 29, 2020 | Change, History, Human Nature, Modern culture, Notes, Politics, Society | 0 |
…that humans have evidenced in every society and civilization since we came down from trees: tribalism; otherism; xenophobia; social hierarchy; gender distinctions; religion; violence; mob psychology; group conformity;...
Read MorePosted by Bob Adamcik | Sep 27, 2020 | identity, Notes, Significance, The self | 0 |
…that has ever lived, unique not only among the living but among all the dead. .
Read MorePosted by Bob Adamcik | Apr 14, 2020 | Evil, History, Human Nature, Notes, Politics, Search, War | 0 |
In the course of watching Ken Burns documentary on the Vietnam War, I learned something I still find difficult to believe. On the eve of the 1968 elections, Lyndon Johnson was furiously pushing through peace talks to end the...
Read MorePosted by Bob Adamcik | Apr 8, 2020 | History, Human Nature, Notes, Politics, Search, Society | 0 |
That title…a saying we often use when living through what seems to be a tumultuous event. And yet, only a few souls really appreciate what that means. We think of something that “will go down in the history books,” that...
Read MorePosted by Bob Adamcik | Mar 21, 2020 | Notes, Search, Uncategorized | 0 |
I spent some time this evening reading old posts here, and reflecting on the many months since I’ve written anything new. The last couple years I’ve been engaged with other things and haven’t had the energy it takes. But now...
Read MorePosted by Bob Adamcik | Mar 15, 2020 | Change, History, Modern culture, Notes, Search, Society | 0 |
Last night I watched a documentary covering the early years of the Newport Folk Festival, 1964-66: The great folk performers of the late fifties and early sixties and the thousands of young people who listened to them. A half...
Read MorePosted by Bob Adamcik | Jan 6, 2020 | Admin, identity, Notes, Self-image | 4 |
I’m sitting in my living room and my eye falls on the back of a small rocking chair…dark oak, carved (not pressed), a small nursing rocker I found long ago. I’ve given it away twice, and both times has found it’s way back...
Read MorePosted by Bob Adamcik | Nov 11, 2019 | Death, History, Human Nature, Meaning, Mortality, Notes, Significance | 2 |
I read of the recent discovery of a Bronze Age battlefield in northeastern Germany, in a narrow valley of the Tollense River. Meeting at the site of an ancient bridge, hundreds or even thousands of men fought and killed one...
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